Page 48 of Slick Handling

This is good.

“You don’t want to court us?” McKinley may cry. Apollo hears it in his voice too and turns to the Beta.

There is not a single chance he’s going to hold it together. As soon as he starts crying Apollo is going to lose his mind and this interaction is going to get worse.

I should have never come in here without locking the door behind me. I invited my pack chaos.

“I don’t want to court your pack exclusively.”

Oh.

That’s way worse.

But it’s the confidence that she needs because Clover is sitting up in the bath with a backbone that she must have grown in the span of minutes.

I like confident Clover.

My cock also likes her too.

Not that he gets a say. He likes to hide in smelly jockstraps that give me itchy balls. He’s a bad cock.

“You want to make sure you’re getting treated right. Smart Omega.” I coo and she looks at me like she’s trying to see if I’m being mean to her or not, “I think as long as you’re safe I’m okay with you meeting other people.” As long as they don’t get her kisses.

Those are all mine.Fine. Maybe my packs too, but no one else.

Apollo looks horrified by the idea of this. His opinion doesn’t count when Mick is looking like this is his one chance to get everything right.

It probably is after we fucked it all up.

“Vaughn isn’t here so I don’t want to get too specific with things. I want you to think about what that means for you. I want you to talk with my mama about this too. I think she will have good advice for you.” Apollo is so serious now.

I sort of miss the asshole who would play beer pong with me and run the table. I know he feels like he is responsible for us all now. I just wish he saw how we wanted to take care of him too.

“Now that business is taken care of, can I come in your nest and cuddle?” She looks around the space and then back at all of us.

So serious and sweet.

Her eyes land on McKinley and then back at me.

“Aren’t you supposed to be playing a hockey game?” We both exchange a look and she frowns, looking up at Apollo, “Do they have time to make it to their game?”

It’s at that moment that I fall in love with her. At that moment when I realized this whole week she’s been living with us she didn’t just see us moving around but she saw who we were.

Apollo nods as she scampers up.

“So let’s get them there!”

Her hand grabs mine and McKinley’s as she tugs us towards the door to the hotel room. Both of us following her because who wouldn’t?

“Shoes and jacket.” Apollo ruins everything as he crowds her, making her let go of our hands as she sits on the bed.

He slides on her shoes while Mick finds a hat to tug over her head. I take the jacket, holding it open as she stands, and slides into it. Apollo zips it up for her in the front like a control freak.

“Oh baby weed, we’re going to court the fuck out of you.” I whisper in her ear. Nuzzling her and trying to rub my scent into her skin. I want all the scent of Marcus off our Omega.

Her cheeks burn red and I see the moment something new pops into them.

“Not if you don’t win this game.”

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